Prairie County, Arkansas

2024 results by precinct

24 precincts · 3,200 votes cast

Trump · R+66

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−65.8%	524	2,628	3,200
2020	R	−61.0%	654	2,786	3,495
2016	R	−50.1%	814	2,505	3,375
2012	R	−40.5%	880	2,153	3,141
2008	R	−34.8%	1,048	2,223	3,381
2004	R	−12.9%	1,562	2,030	3,624
2000	R	−8.5%	1,563	1,862	3,507
1996	D	+33.2%	2,211	1,025	3,575
1992	D	+30.6%	2,366	1,154	3,956
1988	R	−7.1%	1,688	1,947	3,656
1984	R	−25.0%	1,437	2,407	3,876
1980	D	+1.9%	1,928	1,855	3,895
1976	D	+55.4%	2,836	813	3,649
1972	R	−42.9%	873	2,186	3,059
1968	D	+5.1%	875	693	3,582
1964	D	+10.2%	1,812	1,476	3,310
1960	D	+35.9%	1,680	734	2,636
1956	D	+24.1%	1,504	917	2,440
1952	D	+31.2%	1,664	871	2,541
1948	D	+45.3%	1,020	260	1,678
1944	D	+41.1%	1,117	465	1,585
1940	D	+52.1%	1,069	336	1,408
1936	D	+64.7%	1,321	282	1,606
1932	D	+82.9%	1,743	158	1,911
1928	D	+23.9%	1,000	613	1,621
1924	D	+29.1%	730	386	1,181
1920	D	+6.5%	962	842	1,845
1916	D	+23.7%	1,061	655	1,716
1912	D	+22.8%	647	376	1,186
1908	D	+14.7%	1,103	812	1,974
1904	R	−0.7%	639	648	1,315
1900	D	+26.5%	856	496	1,361
1896	D	+28.7%	1,145	633	1,783
1892	D	+21.8%	960	604	1,636
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

African American

7.9%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 45.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.7%

85+

2.4%

3.6%

75–84

3.7%

5.7%

65–74

6.5%

7.4%

55–64

7.6%

6.3%

45–54

6.6%

5.1%

35–44

5.6%

5.2%

25–34

4.6%

4.3%

18–24

3.2%

8.5%

5–17

7.6%

2.8%

1.7%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$51,646

Prairie County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.

Prairie County$51,646

Arkansas$60,773

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

11.8%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

35.0%

Methodist

7.3%

Mainline Protestant

2.8%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.8%

Other Christian

1.5%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 51.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Prairie County's population has declined steadily for decades, leaving a sparse, agriculture-dominated electorate that delivered a 65-point Republican margin in 2024 — among the widest gaps in the state.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Prairie County peaked at eighty-three points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of nine points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Prairie County's median household income of $51,646 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cross County and Perry County.

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